Xuan Hai, a visually impaired applicant, received help to take the national civil service exam on Sunday, one year after he sued the exam authorities in Anhui province for discriminating against disabled applicants.

Xuan took the written exam for the annual national civil service exam in Hefei, Anhui province, in a separate exam room assisted by a volunteer who read the questions for him.

"The assistance was helpful but not perfect, because it was too hard to remember the lengthy words. It took me a lot of time to communicate with the helper about what information I missed," he said.